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The Ex-Lover’s Intuition

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Chapter 43

Evelyn’s POV

The penthouse felt smaller tonight, the air thick with the scent of Alaric’s expensive cologne and the lingering, metallic tension of the confrontation I’d missed in the kitchen.

Alaric sat across from me at the mahogany dining table, his ego visibly bruised, nursing a glass of Scotch as if it were medicine.

But my focus wasn't on the man I was supposed to marry. It was on the man standing behind him.

Jean-Pierre moved with a fluidity that mocked his ridiculous wig. He
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